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American speaker manufacturer Klipsch is famed for its horn speakers, due to their clarity, power, definition and, most of all, sheer size. Its legend-model, the Klipschorn, is like a triangular sideboard. But this 5.1 set of Icon speakers is more living room-friendly, and intended to marry up to modern flatscreen TVs, so adopts a kind of horns-lite approach. Available in two pretty but subtle veneer finishes, each of these medium-sized boxes features a cleverly-designed polymer assembly in its face that squirts the high frequency audio all around with a greater efficiency than any normal dome tweeter ever could. Think of them as speakers for those who want sexy, top-end performance without their room dominated by massive boxes.

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Humax believes that it can provide the very best technology within its Project Canvas boxes, after being confirmed as one of the interested manufacturers. Project Canvas’ Richard Halton told the DTG Summit that Humax were among the manufacturers champing at the bit to bring a box to market for the IPTV project being led by the BBC and involving ITV, Channel 4, Five, BT, and Talk Talk. Humax’s Graham North gave his backing for Project Canvas and pointed to his company’s track record with both Freeview and Freesat set top boxes. “Humax is very supportive of Project Canvas, as we believe that this service will enable further growth in the digital TV market,” said North.

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It’s very smelly in the Nautilus room at the Bowers & Wilkins factory – there are no leaky aircon pipes to connect it to the outside world and it’s lined with stinky rubbery stuff. But it’s where B&W locks golden-eared engineers inside for short periods (very health and safety conscious, you see) to tweak and tune the Nautilus’ individually-assembled crossovers. Even ‘un-tuned’, as I once heard these iconic speakers, gleaming dully in their rubbery gloom, they are ruddy awesome. Of course, for people who cannot afford a 9.1 system of those £55,000-a-pair speakers, it’s nice to know that a slice of the clever Nautilus tech has filtered down B&W’s range until it can be used in less esoteric products.

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Here are some of the arguments against overclocking: “It voids the warranty. It stresses the system components beyond their specifications, sometimes to the point of premature death. It requires additional expenditures of power and cooling—and if you screw it up, you can fry your processor.” And here is the biggest case for overclocking: “It makes my computer run faster.” Both of those positions are valid.

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TechRadar can bring you some of the details behind the first-ever live 3D screening of a sporting event for a live audience , with nine pubs in UK and Ireland getting the chance to watch Manchester United visit the Emirates to take on Arsenal in the Premiership. The broadcaster has selected pubs in London, Manchester, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Dublin to be kitted out with 3D TVs and take advantage of the special broadcast, a precursor to hundreds of venues getting the technology in April at the formal launch of the Sky 3D channel. To make the 3D preview a reality, Sky Sports will produce two edits of its live coverage of Sunday’s game at the Emirates Stadium, one for its HD channel feed and another dedicated to 3D, explains Sky. Eight rigs, 16 cameras “Eight specially engineered 3D camera rigs will house 16 of Sky’s high-definition cameras, to provide comprehensive stereoscopic coverage from all angles,” revealed Sky “The 3D broadcast will be supported by Sky’s dedicated 3D production team and purpose built 3D outside broadcast truck, which will enable live mixing between camera positions, slow motion replays and the use of innovative 3D graphics. “There will also be a dedicated commentary team to support the 3D edit.” Sky has become increasingly experienced in filming sport in 3D in the past 18 months, and the strides that have been taken were most clear at the Master Tennis at the O2 last year, where it was clear that lessons had been learned for what can be a very different method of capturing the action

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Are you tired of the default New Tab Page in Chrome and wanting something different? Then join us as we take a look at getting an iGoogle-styled New Tab Page in Google Chrome. Before Here is the current default “New Tab Page” in Chrome… Sure, you have thumbnails of recently visited sites and a listing of recently closed tabs but it is not very exciting or customizable. What if you could replace it with a little bit of iGoogle-styled functionality? Installation Installation is quick and simple.

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Many of you might already know about thumbs.db file in Windows. Thumbs.db is a hidden file by default, which is created by Windows Explorer. For those who are not aware of thumbnail database files, thumbs.db files are created by Windows Explorer to speed up the display of thumbnails in folders. Although you can prevent Windows from creating thumbnail database files, but it’s not recommended

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Do you miss having the Quick Launch Toolbar in Windows 7? Now you can get that functionality back with the highly customizable free utility SE-TrayMenu. Note: SE-Tray Menu comes in exe file and portable versions. Initial Look & Setting SE-TrayMenu Up Installing SE-TrayMenu is quick and easy…once you have finished you will see a small “Light Bulb Icon” in the “System Tray Area”. Simply hold your mouse over it to see the default layout, theme, and apps available

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If a major disaster occurs and you find you’re no longer able to boot into Windows 7, you may need to do a recovery. Today we take a look at restoring your Windows 7 machine using a System Repair Disc and a backed up system image. Note: This article assumes you have already created a System Repair Disc and have created a system image in Windows 7 .

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Simon Fuller, entertainment mogul, pop Svengali and the man responsible for the Spice Girls and “American Idol”, is launching a new online multimedia reality show targeting social networking sites. “If I Can Dream” is the name of Fuller’s latest venture which he describes as “a new generation of post-reality entertainment.” It is set to launch early 2010, documenting the stories of five young people who dream of success in Hollywood. Each contestants fans will be able to interact with them online in real time.

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